Mattress



H. I. MALERSTEIN.

MATTRESS.

APPLICATION FILED. OCT. 31, 1.921.

Pmnteuun 27, 1922.

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INVENTOR HARRYJ. MALERSTEIN BY ATTORNEYS.

H. J. MALERSTEIN.

MATTRESS.

APPLICATION -FILED 00131. 1921.

1,421,274. Patented June 27, 1922.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY Il". MALERSTEIN, O11" LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

LIATTRESS.

To all iti/0m may concern Be it known that I, HARRY J. hlALuns'rnrN, a citizen of the United States. residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mattresses,- of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a mattress, the' principal objects of my invention being to provide a relatively simple and practical mattress, the construction thereof being such as to enable the mattress to be easily and cheaply produced, to provide a mattress wherein a fibrous body or filling retains its shape independently of the ticking or mattress covering, thereby enabling the mattress to be easily and quickly re-covered in the event that the ticking or covering` becomes worn or soiled, and further to provide a mattress wherein the fibrous body or filling is provided on both faces with longitudinally and transversely disposed strips of material, the same crossing each other at regular distances apart, and the crossed members on one face of the mattress body being connected to the cross members on the other face by flexible ties that extend through the mattress' parts that will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.y in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one of the sections of ticking that are utilized for covering the upper and lower faces of thebody of the mattress.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the mattress as it appears during the process of manufacture, and while the tie members are being placed through the body of the mattress.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the mat-V tress as it appears when finished and ready for use. Y

F ig. 4- is a perspective view of the mattress when the ticking or cover thereof is partially removed.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional perspective showing a portion of the mattress and the tie members loosely arranged through the body thereof.

Fig. 6 is a sectional perspective showing a portion of the mattress body-@with the tie Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jun@ 27, 1922 Application filed October 31, 1921.

Serial No. 511,582.

members drawn into taut condition, and with the ends of said tie members secured to each other.

Referring by numerals tothe accompanying drawings, 10, 10 designate substantial rectangular sections of ticking orlike fabric that combine with an edge strip 11 to form a covering for the body 12 of the mattress, and which body is preferably composed of cotton, curled hair, or analogous fibrous material,

Before the sections 1() of ticking are combined with the edge strip 11, a series of longitudinally disposed strips 18 of flexible material, preferably fabric, are arranged at equal distances apart upon the inner face of each section of ticking, and overlying these longitudinally disposed strips are Ytransversely disposed strips 14 of suitable fabric or like flexible material.

The strips 13 and 14- are secured to the sectio-n of ticking 10 by rel atively short rows of stitching 15, which extend lengthwise of the strips between the points where the same cross each other, and said strips are Vsecured to the section of ticking so that there is a certain amount of fulness in said strips at the points where the same cross each other, and which fulnessis designated by the numeral 16.

Formed in each section of ticking 10, and immediately adjacent to the crossing points of the strips 13 and 14e are openings in which` tre located suitable eyelets 17 lof metal or the .ike

ln the manufacture of my improved mattress the ticking or covering therefor, is made up from a pair of the sections 10, and an edgei. strip 11, said covering being left open at one end` to permit the fibrous body 12 to be inserted in the cover, and after said body has been properly arranged and packed within the cover, a suitable needle carrying a tie member, preferably a heavy thread or cord, is passed through the oppositely disposed members of each pair of the eyelets 17, and through the interposed fibrous body of the mattress, and which needle and cord pass directly adjacent to Vthe side edges of the strips 13 and 14; at

14 on both lsections of the ticking are engaged in the loops 18, `that are formed through the mattress body (see Fig. 5).

After loops 18 have thus been formed` through all of the pairs of' eyelets 17, said `into vthe fibrous body ofv the mattress as shown in Fig. 6, thereby;` retaining said fibrous body firmly in pro-per shape, and without depending on the covering members or sections `l() of ticking.

-In the event that the mattress covering becomesrworn or soiled, and itis desired to re-cover the mattress, the rows of stitching `15 are.y cut or broken so as to `permit the'sections 10 to be remogved from the mattress body, as illustrated invFig.' 4, and said mattress body when'thus uncovered will retain its shape by virtue of the tie members which pass through said mattress body andy engage the crossed flexible strips 13 and'14. I

A mattress of my improved construction maybe `easily jand cheaply produced, is capable of being `easily iand quickly recovered, and the'bodyofv the mattress is effectively reinforced so that it will always retain its original shape.

One of therparticular advantages gained by my improved construction. is that the covering of I'the miattress maybe cut to the 'exact length and width of the completed mattress, anc inl this connection it will be understood that in a mattress 'of ordinary construction, the covering must be cut considerably longer and widerl than. the com- *pleted' mattress in order to provide'for a suicient amount of excess ymaterial that -is 'taken up' or drawn together when the mattress body isv tufted .in the' usual manner. fThe'crossed stay members 13 and 1i that are applied `to both faces of the mattress body or; filling, provider a flexible skeleton frame' work for said "mattress body, and

such construction in addition to firmly retaining the .body in shape, imparts to it the desired iiexibility and resiliency.

ltk will be understood that minor changes in the size, form and constructiony of the )various parts fot my improved mattress, may be made and substituted for those herein shown and described, without departing' 'from the spirit of my invention, the scope oit which is set `lorth in theappended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a mattress, a pair of covering members, crossed strips oi fiexible material secured to the inner tace of each covering member, therebeing` openings formed in the covering members at points corresponding to the crossing points of said strips, a body of brous material between the covering members," and tie members connecting the crossed portions ofthe `coveringmem-v bers on one side of the mattress `body to the crossed portions of the 'strips on the other covering members.

2. ln a mattress, a pair of flexible mattress sections, cross strips of tieziible mar` teria] secured to the' inner iaces'of said cover sections7 a bodyfof fibrous material between saidv cover sections, loops of cord passing through said fibrous body and en'- gaging said iiexible'strips at the points where the same cross each other, and there being openings :formed in said cover 'sections adjacent to thepoints'where` ythe flexible strips cross each other.l

3. A mattress ycomprising a pair of flex-l ible covering sections, a body of flexible material between the cover sectio nS, GEOSS strips oi flexible material secured to the confronting faces of the sections,Y eyelets in the sectionsat points corresponding tothe intersection of the strips, and loopsj of vcord extended through kthe strips at the points of intersection and dra-wn to effect compres'- sion of said body at points corresponding to the eyelets. V

In testimony whereof I have signed ymy name to this speciiication.

HARRY J. MaLnnsfrnnaf l y 

